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I beleive your are supposed to use pine shavings not cedar. Cedar is toxic to chickens. Use paper towels on top so that the babies will have control of there legs. Its easy for them to slide and they could end up spraddled legged. If you use an aquarium for a brooder, place the light at one end...

Quote: *** However, at this point, no turning---- they should be left and not turn the last 3 days NO bator opening!!!! Time to sit on your hands--- opening now will lower the temp and delay things The OP is working with a stagared hatch so they are turning the second hatch due later.

You can cheep to your pipping eggs and they will respond. This also encourages them. You have to stop and think its a hard job for that little chick to break out of the egg and they have to rest. It can take up to 24 hours or more I would think from pipping to zipping.

Yes definately leave it alone to hatch on its on. If the yolk sack isn't absorbed the chick may not make it. What I would be worried about is the second hatch. You had to raise the humity for the first hatch right? Hopefully you didn't hurt your second hatch by the higher humity or hurt your...